Turkey
Uber resuming operations in Turkey after court lifts access ban
Turkey
December 24, 2020
Uber resuming operations in Turkey after court lifts access ban
An appeals court in Turkey has lifted an access ban to the mobile app of global ridesharing company Uber, making…
Bill on preventing terrorism financing violates freedom of association, 520 NGOs say in joint statement
Turkey
December 24, 2020
Bill on preventing terrorism financing violates freedom of association, 520 NGOs say in joint statement
A total of 520 nongovernmental organizations in Turkey said in a joint statement that a bill recently proposed by the…
Woman as an impetus for radical changes
World
December 18, 2020
Woman as an impetus for radical changes
On December 15, 2020, the International Round Table «The Role of Women in the Modern World. Gender (in)Equality», held to…
Pregnant woman subjected to sexual harassment and insults by prosecutor during interrogation
Turkey
December 11, 2020
Pregnant woman subjected to sexual harassment and insults by prosecutor during interrogation
Nigar Kocabaş, a pregnant woman who in 2016 was interrogated by Chief Public Prosecutor İbrahim Keskin in the northern Turkish…
Erdoğan gives cold shoulder to aide’s remarks on release of Arınç, Kavala
Turkey
November 23, 2020
Erdoğan gives cold shoulder to aide’s remarks on release of Arınç, Kavala
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has declined to support the remarks of one of his aides who called for the…
Jailed journalist Baransu gets 17 years for report on MGK decision
Turkey
November 23, 2020
Jailed journalist Baransu gets 17 years for report on MGK decision
An İstanbul court has handed down a jail sentence of 17 years, one month to jailed investigative journalist Mehmet Baransu…
20 pct of Israelis returning from Turkey test positive for coronavirus: report
World
November 23, 2020
20 pct of Israelis returning from Turkey test positive for coronavirus: report
Twenty out of every 100 Israelis who traveled to Turkey in October tested positive for COVID-19, putting Turkey in first…
VIDEO | Purge-victim police chief found dead in a quarantine cell in Turkish prison
Turkey
October 20, 2020
VIDEO | Purge-victim police chief found dead in a quarantine cell in Turkish prison
A deputy police chief, who had been held in prison for over four years, was found dead in a quarantine…
US senator calls for release of female Turkish journalists among other political prisoners
World
October 17, 2020
US senator calls for release of female Turkish journalists among other political prisoners
Imprisoned Turkish journalists Ayşenur Parıldak and Hanım Büşra Erdal are among the female political prisoners that US Senator Bob Menendez,…
Outrage boils over as photos reveal suspicious death of inmate in Turkish prison
Turkey
October 16, 2020
Outrage boils over as photos reveal suspicious death of inmate in Turkish prison
Postmortem photos of former Deputy Police Chief Mustafa Kabakçıoğlu, who was found dead in a quarantine cell in Turkey’s Gümüşhane…